When to keep your child
home/ Exclusion from school for health reasons

Healthy children learn better.
The following exclusion guidelines will be utilized to determine if a student
should be sent home, or should stay home because of illness.

Symptom

Exclusion Guidelines

Cough

Recommended for students experiencing
severe, uncontrolled coughing or wheezing, or difficulty breathing.

Diarrhea

Recommended for students with other
symptoms in addition to diarrhea such as: vomiting, abdominal pain, fever,
the diarrhea cannot be contained in a toilet, there is blood or mucus in the
stool. Student should be diarrhea free for 24 hours
without medication before returning to school.

Fever (defined as a temperature
>100.5 F orally)

Recommended if the student has symptoms
in addition to the fever such as a rash, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea,
etc. Student should be fever free for 24 hours without
medication before returning to school.

Mouth Sores

Recommended if student is drooling
uncontrollably.

Rash

Recommended if student has symptoms in
addition to the rash such as behavioral change, fever, joint pain, bruising
not associated with injury, or if the rash is open and oozing.

Stomach Ache

Abdominal Pain

Recommended if the pain is severe, if
the pain appears after an injury, or if the student had symptoms in addition
to the stomach ache such as vomiting, fever, diarrhea, etc.

Swollen Glands

Recommended if the student has symptoms
in addition to the swollen glands such as difficulty breathing or swallowing,
fever, etc.

Vomiting

Generally recommended if the student has
vomited more than 2 times in 24 hours, if the vomit is green or bloody, if
the student had a recent head injury, or if the student has symptoms in
addition to the vomiting such as fever, diarrhea, stomach ache, etc. Student should be vomit free for 24 hours without medication before
returning to school.